Mike Curb has been many things â a successful record producer, the lieutenant governor and acting governor of the State of California, a national co-chairman in the presidential election of Ronald Reagan, and a veteran NASCAR car owner. This weekend at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Curb’s history continues. The man who fielded a car for Richard Petty’s 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win on July 4, 1984 at Daytona International Speedway â where President Reagan looked on from the broadcast booth â is a car owner again at Kansas. In association with Richard Childress, Curb and longtime business partner Cary Agajanian are fielding the #98 Reagan Centennial/Camping World/Curb Records Chevy in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400. When the green flag drops, current NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship point leader Austin Dillon will have made his Sprint Cup debut, and Curb’s 100th start as a Sprint Cup car owner will be in the books. As Curb’s record as a NASCAR car owner hits the centennial mark, the car carries the colors of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation’s Centennial Celebration, a historic, yearlong celebration to commemorate the 100th birthday of America’s 40th president. In the background for all of this was Curb, and now, nearly 30 years later, he is again promoting Reagan with a compilation album from Curb Records titled, “Together, A New Beginning: A Tribute to the Ronald Reagan Centennial.” The CD featuring 16 tracks by such artists as LeAnne Rimes, Clay Walker, Wynonna, Lee Greenwood and Tim Dugger will be available for download on iTunes and Amazon.com on Tuesday, and also at www.ReaganFoundation.org.
“I’m honored to be able to work with Austin Dillon and Richard Childress in support of the Ronald Reagan Centennial,” Curb said. Earlier this year, the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration logo was displayed on the Indianapolis 500-winning car which was owned by co-owned by Brian Herta and Curb-Agajanian. “Winning Indy was a dream come true, particularly since I was able to share that moment with my lifetime partner in auto racing, Cary Agajanian,” Curb said.(True Speed Communications), more info on the #98 Team News page and images of the car on the #98 Team Schemes page.(10-9-2011)
